Texas Liberal Video–Reading Federalist Papers At Site Of Texas Independence To Assert Federal Power Over The States

Above is a video of me reading a brief passage from Federalist Paper #9 at the San Jacinto Battlefield State Historic site. This reading is in response to recent disloyal comments by Republican Texas Governor Rick Perrry suggesting that Texas might wish to consider leaving the union.

The video runs 1 minute and 40 seconds.

The San Jacinto Battlefield Site is where Texas won independence from Mexico in 1836.

But what if the federal union is no federal union at all but rather a unitary union where states have lost their powers altogether? I am for a federal union as laid out by Jay, Hamilton and Madison but when I cast my eyes to Washington I see such a scene of corrupted power that I can’t help but think devolution necessary.